Exercises That You Can Do While Sitting Down

Are you interested in finding some exercises that can be done while sitting down at work or at home? Sitting for the entire day is bad for your health, however, there are ways to make your time sitting down more productive. With work, school, studying, relationships, friends, family, and just about everything else on your plate, you might barely have time to breathe, let alone get dressed and get in the gym. Here are 5 exercises that you can do while sitting down are perfect for anyone working from a desk or spending most of their day in a chair.

Calf Raises

Give your calf muscles a work out by raising your legs up on the very tips of your toes while remaining seated. Your calf muscles should start to burn after a few seconds.

**Hold for ten seconds, return to the starting position, and then repeat eight times

Glute Clenches

The beauty of this exercise is that you aren’t getting up and no one knows that you are secretly fitting in a workout.

**For buns of steel, clench your buttocks and hold for ten seconds. Do five sets of eight reps.

Crunches

Move to the edge of your chair with your feet on the ground. Lean back on the backrest. Then lift your straightened legs a few inches above the ground and raise your back a few inches off the backrest. Feel the burn in your abdominal muscles and hold for ten seconds.

**Eight reps of ten seconds each can strengthen your core considerably when done regularly.

Arm Circles

Sit up as tall as feels comfortable for you and raise your arms out to your sides. Imagine your index fingers are laser pointers and draw small circles on the opposite walls. Complete a series of circles forward, then a series of circles backward.

Chair Dips

Scoot up to the very front edge of your chair, place your legs out in front of you, and place your hands on either side of your hips, fingers pointing towards your desk. Grasp the edges of the chair with both hands, and use your core and arms to raise your body up off the chair and then down so that your rear goes down toward the floor.

**Push yourself back up, and repeat this 15times. Do three cycles of 15.

Next time you are sitting at your desk or sitting around watching Netflix at home, you should give these exercises a try. If you start doing them routinely, you may be surprised by your results!